like rats in a sack

English

Prepositional phrase

like rats in a sack

  1. (simile, UK) Engaged in vicious combat or dispute, especially about two or more disliked people.
    A Labour shadow minister has accused Tory leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak of “fighting each other like rats in a sack” while households are worrying about how to pay bills amid a cost of living crisis.

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